1st Edition
Enlightened Women Modernist Feminism in a Postmodern Age
By Alison Assiter
Copyright 1996
176 Pages
by
Routledge
174 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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This is a bold and controversial feminist, philosophical critique of postmodernism. Whilst providing a brief and accessible introduction to postmodernist feminist thought, Enlightened Women is also a unique defence of realism and enlightenment philosophy. The first half of the book covers an analysis of some of the most influential postmodernist theorists, such as Luce Irigaray and Judith... Read more
Introduction 1 The Flight from Universals 2 Irigaray, Lacan and Derrida 3 Realism and Anti-Realism 4 Irigaray and the Self 5 Feminist Epistemological Communities 6 Feminism and Morality 7 Essentialism and Universalism Revisited 8 A Critique of Constructivist Accounts of Sexuality
Biography
Alison Assiter is Head of Social Studies at the University of Luton. She is the author of Althusser and Feminism and Pornography, Feminism and the Individual as well as co-editor of Bad Girls, Dirty Pictures.
'A well-grounded defence of feminist principles through a considered, reasoned conversation with postmodernism.' - Red Pepper
